Hair-crimper



(Np Model.)

. E. WILSON.

Hair Crimper.

No. 236,522. Pat ented Jan. 11, 1381.

N.FETER5, PNOTO-LITMOGRAPNER, WASHINuTON o C PATENT FFICE.

ELIZABETH WILSON, OF SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA.

HAIR-CRIMPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,522, dated January11, 1881.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELIZABETH WILsoN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Shelbyville, in the county ofShelby and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Devices for Crimping Hair, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for crimping hair, in which one blockof wood havinga corrugated face operates in conjunction with acorresponding corrugated block of wood and a hinge-joint; and the objectof my invention is to provide a wooden device for crimping hair. Thisobject I accomplish by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the woodencrimping device with the parts open 3 and Fig. 2 is a perspective viewof the same with the parts closed together, as they would appear duringthe act of crimping the hair.

The two corrugated folding parts of the device are constructed wholly ofwoodthat is, the parts A and B are each provided with a .series oflongitudinal ridges, b, with a series of longitudinal grooves, a,between them. The lower curved part or base of each groove a is providedwith another and smaller groove, to, extending the whole length of thegroove a, the use of which will be hereinafter described, the ridges bof the part A fitting into the corresponding grooves a. of the part B,and vice versa, as shown in Fig. 2. The rear ends of each part A and Bare hinged together by the hinge G, by means of which the parts may beopened or closed, as desired.

In operation the corrugated wooden faces of the device are warmed, andthe hair, after being moistened,is placed between them. The parts A andB are then closed and pressed together, and retained in that conditionuntil the hair has hecoinecrimped, the small grooves a forming conduitsfor carrying off the moist vapors, the whole length of each groove, thuspermitting the crimped hair to dry very rapidly.

Heretofore fluted metallic plates have been used for crimping hair,which, when heated, destroy the vitality of the hair and cause it tobreak 01f; and I am aware that prior to my invention hair-crimpers havebeen made having fluted or corrugated metallic plates attached to blocksof wood, and the blocks of wood connected at one end by a pivot orhinge, and further provided with handles for operating the hinged parts.1 therefore do not claim such a combination,broadly; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a hair-crimping device, the two wooden blocks A and B, hingedtogether at one end, and each block having its face provided with aseries of ridges, I), and a series of grooves, a, between the ridges andthe base of each groove a, and further provided with a small groove, a,extending the whole length of the groove a, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELIZABETH WILSON.

lVitnesses E. O. FRINK, GEORGE H. BENNETT.

